My name is Maria Elena Durazo. I was born into a poor immigrant family. We were farm workers who migrated with the crops, but we always carried with us our faith, our hope and our sense of obligation to those who had even less than we did. Since Cesar Chavez and the farmworker’s movement, I have dedicated myself to a simple idea-no one who works hard should stay poor. In January, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO released a study by the Economic Roundtable that showed what many of us suspected – 46 percent of workers in Los Angeles are earning poverty level wages. That percentage translates into 810,000 breadwinners and their families trying to scrape by on poverty wages in one of the most expensive cities in the world. Imagine if 46 percent of the people in your city were being denied a basic freedom guaranteed under our Constitution? That would be considered a human rights crisis of immense proportions. It would be a crisis that would compel everyone to act. We live in a very rich country, yet working people in America are earning shamefully low wages denying basic human dignity. That’s why people of all faiths, from all over America are calling on Pope Francis to address the inequality of wealth plaguing our communities and to lift up the voices of millions of workers and their families.

The minimum wage isn't even that for which it stands living on the edge of poverty is unacceptable and we in California deserve better faster sign on and let's get California workers like yourself a much needed raise for some this is the only way they'll receive one. The working people of California are the ones who keep this state running and it's time that everyone recognize it. Struggling paycheck to paycheck is not a way for anyone to live lets mobilize and get California to be the leader it has always been

New York's current minimum wage is $8.00. That's not enough for anyone to live on! We deserve an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy and well-connected. Join with me in calling on our state legislature to pass legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15.

Tennessee's wages have not kept up with inflation. The current minimum wage is $7.25, which is not enough for anyone to live on, especially those who are trying to raise a family. Let's ask our state officials to raise the minimum wage to $10.10.

It's time to reverse Reaganomics!

Every working person deserves a living wage and an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy and well-connected. Join with me in calling on our state legislature to pass legislation to raise the minimum wage to $11.”

“Our state's current minimum wage is $8. That's not enough and completely disproportionate to inflation and other financial realities. We deserve an economy that works for everyone. Join with me in calling on our state legislature to pass legislation to raise the minimum wage to $12.” (or higher!)

Illinois minimum wage is $8.25 an hour and the tip wage is $4.95 an hour. ALL Illinois workers deserve an economy that works for everyone. A $12.95 an hour minimum wage for ALL workers would began that process. Join me in telling our legislature and our governor to raise the minimum wage to $12.95 an hour.

Ever since his State of the Union address this year, President Obama has been calling on Congress to pass a federal minimum wage increase. He even signed an Executive Order, requiring federal contractors to boost their minimum wage to $10.10. But with the Tea Party in control in Congress, there's little chance of a vote for a federal minimum wage increase. That's why the people need to stand together and demand this of Colorado.

SOME OF OUR CHILDREN DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL THEREFORE IT IS TOUGH FOR THEM TO GET HIGH PAYING JOBS, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP OUR CHILDREN IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN, RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE WOULD HELP MANY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE

So tired of wealth winning over poverty in this state (NC) Teachers need a better wage too! It will help all children in the state if both of these 2 issues get addressed promptly.

Wages in New Mexico have traditionally be low even though the cost of living is not low. Raising the minimum wage would be a real help.